{"id":"CVE-2026-89468","title":"kernel: power: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove (CVE-2026-89468)","summary":"A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's lp8788-charger component. During the removal of the lp8788-charger, a race condition can occur where work can be queued and executed after the associated memory has been freed. This use-after-free vul…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":"CWE-364","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4","affected":["openshift_container_platform 4"],"published":"2026-09-11","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T06:24:13+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-89468.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-89468.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89468"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532357"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89468"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89468"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-89468.mbox"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831c29a12d560f8a3225f43050b3fbb5dfd79c66"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d8eadfad5d9ff967e74090152940bcfa27df69"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3aa1e9509e1b0a863353356d617fb45d1b6250a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4eb6a056b441ba0caedfbfc42cec501acf12f67"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.00168,"epssPercentile":0.06443,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T00:35:28.530Z","slug":"CVE-2026-89468","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in the Linux kernel's lp8788-charger component. During the removal of the lp8788-charger, a race condition can occur where work can be queued and executed after the associated memory has been freed. This use-after-free vulnerability could lead to system instability or a denial of service (DoS).\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · updated 2026-09-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-89468.json)\n\n**kernel: power: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove** — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2026-09-11, updated 2026-09-16.\n\nNot affected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\n- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for fix availability.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":205491,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789576721921,"field":"cvss","old":"4.1","new":"5.5"},{"seq":203996,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789490230970,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"4.1"},{"seq":203995,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789490230970,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"},{"seq":147333,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789270210494,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"4.1"},{"seq":147332,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789270210494,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"},{"seq":109086,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789183730251,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"4.1"},{"seq":109085,"id":"CVE-2026-89468","ts":1789183730251,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}